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Boggy Hole Traditional Cache

Hidden : 8/2/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The Finke River 4WD route is a favourite for us, it has lots of driving variety from sand, rocks, clay pans and fords if your lucky enough to be at the right time if the year. The scenery is ever changing, taking you between red cliffs of gorges to plains of wildflowers you will be amazed as you zigzag along, it is slow going.

 

 


The Boggy Hole is located in the Finke Gorge National Park, and is one of the permanent waterholes along the Finke River.  The area has been of great importance to the Aboriginal people for thousands of years, providing a travel and trade route through the region.  Ernest Giles was the first European explorer to navigate this section of the Finke River in 1872.

This track is for high clearance 4WD's and not suitable for trailers. It should only be attempted by people with previous 4WD experience or you may find yourself spending alot of time digging. Be prepared and plan your visit.

The cache container is a large rectangle Sistema and has been loaded with goodies and a FTF collectable coin.

Parks and Wildlife have very helpful factsheets to assist with your journey.

http://www.parksandwildlife.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/10585/Finke-4WD-Route.pdf

The waypoint S 24 08.168, E 132 51.687 will assist to identify the wide range of birds and fish you will see. and to begin the hunt you may choose to start at the old 4WD track S 24 08.155 E 132 51.690 on foot rather than going cross country. After you find the cache (large plastic) container at this location you may want to continue along the track (on foot) to the Boggy Hole Police Station Ruins (co-ords not available at time of posting) abandoned in approxinately 1891.

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Urnq gb gur pyvss juvpu ehaf nybat gur jngreubyr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)